US and Saudi Arabia Launch Strikes Against Iran and Proxies Amid Regional Escalation
25 sources across 17 countries · 2 state-linked
Who reported this
- UOL
- CNN Brasil
- Folha de S.Paulo
- Haaretz
- The Times of Israel
- The Jerusalem Post
- elDiarioAR
- La Nacion
- Asahi Shimbun
- The Japan Times
- Financial Times
- Reuters
- Al-Monitor
- Associated Press
- El Tiempo
- France 24
- The Jakarta Post
- ANSA
- Dawn
- Al Jazeera
- The Straits Times
- Business Day
- The Korea Herald
- El Pais
- Neue Zuercher Zeitung
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The United States military conducted a heavy wave of retaliatory strikes against Iran on Thursday, targeting dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command centers, missile facilities, and drone sites after Tehran launched missiles at American bases in Jordan. This escalation follows several days of heightened conflict across the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia joined the US on Wednesday to carry out joint airstrikes against Iran aligned militias in Iraq. These strikes targeted logistics and weapons sites belonging to groups such as the Hashed al-Shaabi alliance after drone attacks hit Saudi oil facilities. While some reports indicate these operations were coordinated with the Iraqi government, officials in Baghdad denounced the strikes as acts of aggression.
The conflict has expanded to other regional actors this week. Jordan reported intercepting Iranian missiles for two consecutive days, while Kuwait announced that an Iranian strike on a building owned by a Chinese company killed one worker. Additionally, drone attacks hit a gas port in Egypt, damaging two ships including an American vessel, marking the first time Egyptian territory has been targeted since February.
Despite the military activity, Pakistan acting as a mediator stated that negotiations between Washington and Tehran remain ongoing to de-escalate tensions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. This follows a brief pause in fighting initiated by President Donald Trump for talks that Iran has denied occurred. The instability has caused oil prices to surge, with Brent crude trading near 90 US dollars per barrel.
Outlets with center right leans frame these events as necessary responses to Iranian aggression and proxy coordination, emphasizing the strategic need to protect critical infrastructure. Outlets with center left leans highlight the risks of wider regional escalation and point to potential limitations in US military stockpiles and domestic political pressure on President Trump.
How each side framed it
- Centre
- Focuses on the sequence of retaliatory events and the ongoing diplomatic efforts mediated by Pakistan.
Sources
- Centre ANSA: Harsh US raids on Iran. The Pasdaran: 'F-35s destroyed and damaged at a base in Jordan'
- Centre-left Al Jazeera: US hits multiple targets in Iran as IRGC pledges retaliation: What we know
- Centre Al-Monitor: Mediator Pakistan says US-Iran talks ongoing as foes trade attacks
- Centre Al-Monitor: Drone strike near Suez Canal in Egypt raises new security threat in widening war
- Centre Al-Monitor: Can China restrain Iran? Gulf states test Beijing's influence
- Centre Al-Monitor: Iran's Araqchi presses European counterparts over use of bases in US operations
- Centre-left Asahi Shimbun: Exchange of attacks between U.S. and Iran resumes, expanding to neighboring countries; concerns grow that fighting will intensify
- Centre Associated Press: US and Iran trade missile barrages as hopes dim for a quick resolution to the five-month conflict - AP News
- Centre-right Business Day: Gulf turns to China to rein in Iran
- Centre CNN Brasil: Analysis: the scope of the war in the Middle East expands with Saudi Arabia
- Centre-left Dawn: US military carries out 'heavy wave' of retaliatory strikes on Iran for attack on bases
- Centre-left Dawn: Pakistan says 'doing utmost' to bring US, Iran back to Islamabad MoU
- Centre-left El Pais: US responds to the Iranian aggression against its bases in Jordan with an "intense" wave of attacks
- Centre-right El Tiempo: Pakistan announces that negotiations between the United States and Iran to de-escalate the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz 'continue in progress'
- Centre Financial Times: US launches strikes on Iran after Trump vows to deliver ‘beating’
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: USA resume attacks on Iran after Trump pause
- Centre France 24: US launches wave of strikes on Iran in response to Tehran missile attack in Jordan
- Centre France 24: US military launches 'powerful' retaliatory strikes on Iran
- Centre France 24: Middle East live: Tehran threatens to 'punish the aggressor today' after deadly US strikes on Iran
- Left Haaretz: Here's another reason Iran doesn't want peace
- Left Haaretz: U.S. strikes Iran as Saudi Arabia joins fight against Tehran proxies
- Centre-right La Nacion: The conflict between EE.UU and Iran enters a new phase and fear of a regional escalation grows
- Centre-right Neue Zuercher Zeitung: The 14-point plan is practically dead: The USA and Iran slide into a war of attrition
- Centre Reuters: Mideast oil faces bleak new order as Iran’s grip on Hormuz tightens - Reuters
- Centre Reuters: Can China restrain Iran? Gulf states test Beijing's influence - Reuters
- Centre-left The Jakarta Post: US military completes 'heavy wave' of retaliatory strikes on Iran
- Centre The Japan Times: Can China restrain Iran? Gulf states test Beijing’s influence
- Centre-right The Jerusalem Post: IRGC claims attacks on Jordan's Al-Azraq Base killed several US soldiers, destroyed F-35s - report
- Centre-right The Jerusalem Post: ‘Exactly what Iran intended’: Some Jordanians buckle under missile pressure, demand US withdrawal
- Centre-right The Korea Herald: US-Iran conflict enters new phase as Saudi Arabia helps hit proxies and diplomacy stalls again
- Centre-right The Straits Times: Mediator Pakistan says US-Iran talks ongoing as foes trade attacks
- Centre-right The Straits Times: Yemen's Houthis are attacking Saudi Arabia from Iraq, sources say
- Centre-right The Straits Times: Iran foreign minister Araqchi presses European counterparts over use of bases in US operations
- Centre The Times of Israel: Mediating Pakistan insists US-Iran talks ‘ongoing,’ despite heavy strikes
- Centre The Times of Israel: Daily Briefing July 30 – Iran’s first strike on Egypt tests CENTCOM’s defense umbrella
- Centre-left UOL: Iran attacks two US military bases, destroys three jets and leaves dead
- Centre-left elDiarioAR: USA resumes its attacks against Iran and hits targets of the Revolutionary Guard
Faithfulness score: 0.89 (fraction of claims supported by the sources, self-judged).